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PST to CDT Caribbean Converter

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PDT/PST
Pacific Daylight Time
GMT -7
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
Pacific Time is on daylight saving time: PDT (UTC−7) until Sun, Nov 1.
Use PST all year (UTC−8)
CDT
Cuba Daylight Time
GMT -4
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Quick answers

Selected conversion

5:00 am05:00 PDT (UTC-7), Oct 4, 2026 = 8:00 am08:00 CDT (UTC-4), Oct 4, 2026

PDT is 3 hours behind CDT.

PST and CDT examples

These examples always use PST (UTC-8) and CDT (UTC-4). They stay the same when you change the date or time above. The selected conversion may differ when daylight saving time applies.

PST is 4 hours behind CDT.

PST uses UTC-8 during standard time. For Pacific Time that follows daylight saving time, use PT to CDT-CARIBBEAN. For daylight-time examples, use PDT to CDT-CARIBBEAN.

How the time difference changes

For most of the year, PDT is 3 hours behind CDT Caribbean. At other times of the year, PST is 3 hours behind CST Caribbean. Briefly around clock changes, PST is 4 hours behind CDT Caribbean or PDT is 2 hours behind CST Caribbean.

For most of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PDT correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in CDT Caribbean. At other times of the year, working hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm in PST correspond to 12:00 pm to 8:00 pm in CST Caribbean.For most of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PDT correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in CDT Caribbean. At other times of the year, working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 in PST correspond to 12:00 to 20:00 in CST Caribbean.

Compare PST time with CDT time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

Pacific Daylight Time is 3 hours behind Cuba Daylight Time.
5:00 am05:00 in PDT is 8:00 am08:00 in CDT

PDT to CDT call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 9am-2pm09:00-14:00 in PDT which corresponds to 12pm-5pm12:00-17:00 in CDT

5:00 am05:00 Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Offset UTC -7:00 hours
8:00 am08:00 Cuba Daylight Time (CDT). Offset UTC -4:00 hours

5:00 am05:00 PDT / 8:00 am08:00 CDT

PDTCDT
12:00am3:00am
1:00am4:00am
2:00am5:00am
3:00am6:00am
4:00am7:00am
5:00am8:00am
6:00am9:00am
7:00am10:00am
8:00am11:00am
9:00am12:00pm
10:00am1:00pm
11:00am2:00pm
12:00pm3:00pm
1:00pm4:00pm
2:00pm5:00pm
3:00pm6:00pm
4:00pm7:00pm
5:00pm8:00pm
6:00pm9:00pm
7:00pm10:00pm
8:00pm11:00pm
9:00pm12:00am
10:00pm1:00am
11:00pm2:00am
00:0003:00
01:0004:00
02:0005:00
03:0006:00
04:0007:00
05:0008:00
06:0009:00
07:0010:00
08:0011:00
09:0012:00
10:0013:00
11:0014:00
12:0015:00
13:0016:00
14:0017:00
15:0018:00
16:0019:00
17:0020:00
18:0021:00
19:0022:00
20:0023:00
21:0000:00
22:0001:00
23:0002:00

Pacific Standard Time

Offset: PST is 8 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in North America

Countries using this time zone: Canada, Mexico, United States

Principal Cities: The largest city in the PST time zone is Los Angeles in the United States, with about 3.821 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Tijuana, San Diego, Mexicali, San Jose.

French: HNP - Heure Normale du Pacifique

Spanish: PT - Tiempo del Pacífico, PT - Zona Noroeste

PST Time Zone Geo Map
PST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourEnd: Pacific Standard Time (PST) ended on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 3:00 am03:00 local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourStart: Pacific Standard Time (PST) starts on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 2:00 am02:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

PST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -08 - basic short
  • -0800 - basic
  • -08:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0800 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (08) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of eight hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Uniform - Military abbreviation for PST
  • U - short form of 'Uniform'
IANA/Olson: Reflects PST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Ensenada
  • America/Los_Angeles
  • America/Santa_Isabel
  • America/Tijuana
  • America/Vancouver
  • Canada/Pacific
  • Mexico/BajaNorte
  • PST8PDT
  • US/Pacific
PST Abbreviation: Several time zones share PST abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Pacific Standard Time - UTC -8
  • Pitcairn Standard Time - UTC -8
Time zones with the GMT -8 offset:
  • AKDT - Alaska Daylight Time
  • PST - Pacific Standard Time
  • PT - Pacific Time
  • PST - Pitcairn Standard Time
  • U - Uniform Time Zone

Cuba Daylight Time

Offset: CDT is 4 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Caribbean

Countries using this time zone: Cuba

Principal Cities: The largest city in the CDT time zone is Havana in Cuba, with about 2.164 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Santiago de Cuba, Camaguey, Holguin, Guantanamo.

Daylight Saving: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) is a daylight saving/summer time zone. During winter, some places set clocks back one hour and observe Cuba Standard Time (CST).

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hourStart: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) started on Sunday, March 8, 2026 at 12:00 am00:00 local time and clocks were set one hour forward to Sunday, March 8, 2026, 1:00 am01:00. Daylight saving starts annually on the second Sunday of March.

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hourEnd: Cuba Daylight Time (CDT) ends on Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 1:00 am01:00 local time and clocks are set one hour back to Sunday, November 1, 2026, 12:00 am00:00 local standard time instead. Daylight saving ends annually on the first Sunday of November.

See upcoming clock changes worldwide.

CDT representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • -04 - basic short
  • -0400 - basic
  • -04:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • -0400 - sign character (-) followed by a four digit time providing hours (04) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of four hours to the west of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Quebec - Military abbreviation for CDT
  • Q - short form of 'Quebec'
IANA/Olson: Reflects CDT time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • America/Havana
  • Cuba
CDT Abbreviation: Several time zones share CDT abbreviation and it could refer to these time zones
  • Central Daylight Time - UTC -5
  • Cuba Daylight Time - UTC -4
Time zones with the GMT -4 offset:
  • AST - Atlantic Standard Time
  • EDT - Eastern Daylight Time
  • AMT - Amazon Time
  • BOT - Bolivia Time
  • CDT - Cuba Daylight Time
  • CLT - Chile Standard Time
  • FKT - Falkland Island Time
  • GYT - Guyana Time
  • HLV - Hora Legal de Venezuela
  • PYT - Paraguay Time
  • Q - Quebec Time Zone
  • VET - Venezuelan Standard Time
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